Athlete Blog Posts
Feb
13
My girlfriend Jane Roos is one of the most vibrant, creative, and dynamic people I know. She started the Can Fund which raises money for Canada's Amateur athletes. www.mycanfund.com. ...read more
Oct
12
Sporting events are one of the few ways that we come together in an experience of community. This weekend fourteen thousand people shared the experience of running, walking or wheeling their way...read more
Oct
05
I am coaching my son's middle school rowing team. Three coaches, thirty two kids, two volunteers and thirty two pubescent kids who have never rowed before. Might well be a recipe for...read more
Mar
01
Watched Men's hockey at CAN Fund Athletes House. I called it before USA's second goal by saying seconds before "it would make it more interesting if the US scored." Ooops. Got to...read more
Feb
26
We went to Cananda House and my son William and I held the Stanley Cup. Then we found the Canadian Mint and I was given a private audience with the Olympic medals. Each medal is unique, every single...read more
Feb
26
So there I was at the Women's Gold Medal Hockey game as guest of Premier Gordon Campbell, when I decide to go get a bottle of water without disturbing any of my box mates. I climb over the seats...read more
Feb
26
A gold medal should go to Jane Roos and the Canadian Athletes Now Fund. Over the past thirteen years this woman and the fund that she named, have raised millions of dollars that go directly to our...read more
Feb
25
Back on the Ferry to Vancouver again today and the Olympic fever just seems to be growing. Doesn't hurt that our women won FOUR MEDALS yesterday. Spectacular and reminds me about how fortunate we...read more
Feb
23
Funny how a name can mean so many different things to different people. I have heard people comment that "Own the Podium" is unCanadian, it flies against Canadian graciousness and humble...read more
Feb
22
I was talking to some of my Olympic comrades this weekend and as a group, they are feeling a little left out. Here are the Olympics happening on Canadian soil, and the majority of Olympic athletes,...read more
